Macromedia announces New Teaching Curriculum

New solutions help educators teach, learn and
integrate digital skills

AUCKLAND New Zealand - 22
October 2003 Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) announced the
availability of new education solutions to assist educators
in teaching digital skills through project-based curriculum,
teaching roadmaps, professional development resources and a
developer teaching solution. The Macromedia curriculum and
training materials for K-12 and higher education support a
variety of courses, from teaching digital skills and the web
design and development process, to integrating technology
into curriculum. Macromedia teaching solutions are available
at www.macromedia.com/education/.

As part of a new web
design career curriculum, the second edition of the popular
Macromedia Digital Design curriculum for high school and
community college students helps develop IT skills in web
design using Macromedia MX 2004 software. A new Staff
Development Guide and companion student textbook complete
the Digital Design instructional solution.

Digital Design
Curriculum Guide is a year-long course focusing on design,
communication, project management and web technology.
Digital Design was developed and extensively
classroom-tested with the Washington State Office of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction as part of the U.S.
Department of Education-sponsored IT Career Cluster
Initiative. The Staff Development Guide makes it easy to
prepare educators to teach Digital Design and Macromedia
tools. The Digital Design Concepts and Technical Guide
student textbook supplies concept explanations and technical
instructions for curriculum projects. The second edition of
the Digital Design curriculum is expected to be available in
early December. For more information on Digital Design,
visit
www.macromedia.com/resources/education/curriculum/digitaldesign/.

To
support instructors teaching digital skills in their web and
multimedia courses, Macromedia has also announced free
teaching roadmaps with new online guides for curriculum, web
tool introductions, interactive training and relevant
articles. The roadmaps are a time-saving method for higher
education faculty to prepare for courses they plan to teach
and can be found at
www.macromedia.com/resources/education/roadmap/.

Two new
multimedia projects enable K-12 teachers to integrate
technology across the curriculum. Digital Narrative Project
for Macromedia Flash MX 2004 provides templates for students
to communicate their knowledge of science and other subjects
through an easy-to-build, narrated web presentation. Town
Website Project for Dreamweaver MX 2004 enables students to
build a basic informational website about their town or city
neighbourhood. Both projects support the ISTE National
Educational Standards for Students and Key Stage national
strategy for information and communication technology (ICT)
in the United Kingdom. Digital Narrative Project for
Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Town Website Project for
Dreamweaver MX 2004 are available now. For more information,
visit
www.macromedia.com/resources/education/curriculum/k12/.

Macromedia
is also introducing the new Macromedia Developer Teaching
Solution for higher education faculty in computer science,
engineering and information systems departments to teach
application development using the market-leading tools and
servers from Macromedia. Available in late October 2003, the
Developer Teaching Solution provides ColdFusion MX,
Dreamweaver MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional 2004 plus
reproducible teaching materials and reference manuals.

To
enable colleges, universities and K-12 schools and districts
to deliver their own professional development workshops,
Macromedia also offers three new guidebooks: Macromedia
Higher Education Faculty Development Guide (in U.S. English
and British English versions), a revised version of
Macromedia K-12 Staff Development Guide (U.S. English) and
Macromedia School Staff Development Guide (British English).
These binders provide materials for trainers and
participants for one-day workshops on Flash MX 2004,
Dreamweaver MX 2004, Fireworks MX 2004 and Contribute 2 -
all within a relevant academic context. Macromedia Higher
Education Faculty Development Guide and Macromedia K-12
Staff Development Guide are available now. For more
information on the guides, visit
www.macromedia.com/education/.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
Expected to be available in early December, the pricing of
Digital Design Staff Development Guide is NZ$202 the Digital
Design Curriculum Guide is NZ$510 and Digital Design
Concepts and Technical Guide is NZ$41 Digital Narrative
Project for Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Town Website
Project for Dreamweaver MX 2004 are available now for NZ$16
each or NZ$166 for a pack of 15.

Macromedia Developer
Teaching Solution is now available and provides ColdFusion
MX, Dreamweaver MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional 2004
software plus reproducible teaching materials and reference
manuals. The introductory educational price of NZ$1173 is
available by completing an application at
www.macromedia.com/buy/volume_license/hed/mdts/.

Macromedia
Higher Education Faculty Development Guide and Macromedia
K-12 Staff Development Guide are now available. Pricing is
NZ$667 for each guide.

Macromedia education curriculum and
training products may be purchased from Macromedia
Authorised Academic Resellers, from Macromedia Education
publishing partner Course Technology, or from the Macromedia
education online store at
www.macromedia.com/resources/education/store/. To purchase
curriculum or software or to locate a reseller, go to
www.macromedia.com/education/.

MACROMEDIA IN EDUCATION
Macromedia helps educators inspire a new generation of
students to excel in a digital world. Through innovative
software and curriculum, professional development, industry
partnerships and special purchasing programs, Macromedia
Education solutions enable educators around the world to
enhance the teaching and learning experience.

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and designers to create and deliver effective, compelling
and memorable experiences - on the Internet, on fixed media,
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